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Carington Bowles (1724-1793)

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Type of entity: Person

Name: Carington Bowles

Date of birth: 1724

Date of death: 1793

Source of information: Special Collections

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BC Rom Fraser/BOW: Bowles's post-chaise companion, or, Travellers directory through England and Wales : being an actual survey of all the direct and principal cross roads, with the mile-stones expressed as they stand at present : exhibiting the several towns, villages, post-stages, &c. on or near the roads : together with the circuits of the judges, and an exact alphabetical list of all the fairs, as settled since the alteration of the style

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Bedford Collection A680: The Self instructor, or, Young man's best companion; being an introduction to all the various branches of useful learning and knowledge. Containing writing, grammar, arithmetic, astronomy, geography, chronology, and miscellaneous articles. To which is added, The artist's assistant; comprising the arts of drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, mezzotinto scraping, painting, dyeing, colouring of maps, etc. A brief account of naval and military affairs. Also, various useful medicinal receipts

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Gott/BOW: Bowle's universal display of the naval flags of all nations in the world

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Large Whitaker Collection 59: The small English atlas : being a new and accurate sett of maps of all the counties in England and Wales

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Whitaker Collection 253: Paterson's British itinerary : being a new and accurate delineation and description of the direct and principal cross roads of Great Britain. In two volumes

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Whitaker Collection 253: Paterson's British itinerary : being a new and accurate delineation and description of the direct and principal cross roads of Great Britain. In two volumes

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Whitaker Collection 370: Bowles's road director through England and Wales : being a new and comprehensive display of the roads and distances from town to town, and of each remarkable place from London

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Whitaker Collection 69 fol.: The large English atlas : or, A new set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales, drawn from the several surveys which have been hitherto published, with three general maps of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from the latest and best authorities... Laid down on a large scale, and containing all the cities, towns, villages, and churches, whether rectories or vicarages, chapels, many noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, &c. &c. each map is illustrated with a general description of the county, its cities, borough and market towns, the number of members returned to parliament, of parishes, houses, acres of land &c. and historical extracts relative to the trade, manufactures, and government of the cities and principal towns, and the present state of the inhabitants, &c

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Whitaker Collection 76: Bowles's new medium English atlas : or, Complete set of maps of the counties of England and Wales: divided into their respective hundreds, wapontakes, wards, rapes, lathes &c. exhibiting the roads, rivers, cities; borough, market, and sea-port towns; principal villages and places of note; with their distances from London, and members sent to parliament; also church-livings, seats of the nobility, and a variety of historical extracts relative to the natural produce, trade, manufactures and commerce. Compiled and laid down from the latest authorities